The Marranos were former Jews forced to convert to Christianity in Spain and Portugal, and their later descendents. Despite economic and some political advancement, these "Conversos" suffered social stigma and were persecuted by the...
This is a new translation, with running commentary, of what is perhaps the most important short piece of Hegel's writing. The Preface to Hegel's first major work, the Phenomenology of Spirit, lays the groundwork for all his other...
This ambitious study presents Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) as the most outstanding and influential thinker of modernity鈥攁nd examines the question of whether he was the "first secular Jew." A number-one bestseller in Israel, Spinoza and...
This ambitious study presents Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) as the most outstanding and influential thinker of modernity鈥攁nd examines the question of whether he was the "first secular Jew." A number-one bestseller in Israel, Spinoza and...
